Disney Character Designer answers your questions about Concept Art, Character Design for Animation, Digital Painting & Illustration.
Hello, my friends!
Chris Oatley here with a few time-sensitive ArtCast Announcements!
In this recording, I’ll provide updates on:
Here we go!
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How long did it take you to learn the “Happy Birthday” song?
…and how long would it take you to learn to sing a pitch-perfect, note-for-note, Broadway power ballad?
Years, right?
Because style takes time.
…and how many wrong notes would you produce in private before you gained the confidence to perform live?
Millions.
Process and performance are different things.
Let’s pretend you have some real potential. Would you start chain smoking and take a day job in a coal mine to pay the bills?
Of course not.
You gotta take care of your moneymaker.
And when you’re a big hit on Broadway with crossover success in movies and pop music…
…did you make it without a mentor?
Probably not.
A good mentor is essential.
We can easily see the absurdity in the image of an aspiring Broadway star who expects instant results, performs without practice, neglects their throat and lungs and thinks they’ll somehow succeed without expert perspectives.
But it’s a lot harder to see – in ourselves – the illustrator who expects instant results, publishes without practice, neglects their body and brain and thinks they’ll somehow succeed without expert perspectives.
Today, Lauren Panepinto (Creative Director for the Sci-Fi/ Fantasy publisher Orbit Books) and Marc Scheff (Games-Illustrator-turned-Fine-Artist) join me to share 4 Keys To A Long And Healthy Illustration Career…
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Can distractions help you become a more focused artist?
Why does speed seem like such a waste of time?
Do you draw in “The Beginner Style?”
…and how can you avoid the most common drawing mistakes?
Life Drawing Expert Stan Prokopenko joins me today on The Oatley Academy ArtCast…
Orli Zuravicky is a Senior Editor at Scholastic and the author of the forthcoming Happily Ever Afterlife middle grade novel series.
In this interview we talk about:
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In part one of our interview with Brynn Metheney, we talked about her childhood in the desert, how her father’s job as an engineer helped her understand creature design, and how she makes her animals feel so real…
In part two, Brynn shares some nitty gritty drawing tips and practical ways to improve when your artistic growth seems slow.
She traces her path from obsessive animal doodler, to official creature teacher and talks about the benefits of specialization.
Ejiwa Ebenebe – now a producer on The ArtCast – joins me as co-host.